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featuring the 1964-66 HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO dancers



       ♦ ♦ ♦   JUNE  FAIRCHILD  ♦ ♦ ♦
                 1946 - 2015

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**** 1971 photo of the gorgeous JUNE FAIRCHILD ***
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JUNE smiling for the camera during the ALOHA A GO-GO trip in July 1965.  She was 18 years old at the time and it was her first trip to Hawaii.

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  BIRTHDAY:       September  3
  GREW UP IN:     Manhattan Beach, CA.
  APPEARANCES:
    May 65 - February 66

JUNE FAIRCHILD was a stunning beauty who is featured in many of the HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO videos on YouTube.  At 5' 6" with blue eyes and brown hair she was still turning heads after more than four decades  since her GAZZARRI DANCER days.  She was born as JUNE E. WILSON and attended Aviation High School in Redondo Beach, California where she was prom queen and graduated in 1964.

She was discovered by HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO producer AL BURTON while dancing at Gazzarri's nightclub in 1965.  AL found his GAZZARRI DANCERS by frequenting the L.A. clubs and picking the prettiest and best dancers for a chance to be a dancer on the show.  Needless to say, JUNE was hired immediately and stayed with the show until the last episode.  Recognisable as the girl with the bangs and the great dance moves JUNE is a favorite on this website.  During her time on the show she and MIMI MACHU invented a new dance which they named the "statue dance".  You can see it performed on the DUANE EDDY "Rebel Rouser" and JACKIE & GAYLE "That's How It Goes" videos on YouTube.  LIFE MAGAZINE did a piece on the go-go dancer craze of the mid-60's and JUNE is featured in a solo shot doing a wild watusi on the show.  You can find this photo in the May 21, 1965 issue of LIFE.

After HOLLYWOOD A GO -GO wrapped up production in early 1966 JUNE and fellow dancer GWEN SELVAGE moved on to PLAYBOY AFTER DARK.  This proved to be an entry into bigger and better roles as JUNE went on to appear in more than a dozen movies between 1967 and 1978.  This is where JUNE WILSON became JUNE FAIRCHILD.  When applying for her Screen Actors Guild card she found that there was already a June Wilson so another name, Fairchild, was suggested by DANNY HUTTON of THREE DOG NIGHT who was her boyfriend at the time.  JUNE then returned the favor.  DANNY, along with CORY WELLS and CHUCK NEGRON, were the three lead vocalists who were looking to put a band together in late 1967.  While looking for a name for their band, JUNE volunteered that she had read a magazine article on how Australian aborigines sleep with their dingo dogs for warmth.  The coldest night in the Australian outback, the article said, was called a "three dog night".  Thus the band was named.  CORY WELLS confirmed this in a 2011 interview.

The roles that JUNE is most remembered for are as Sonny Swangle in 1971's PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW, opposite ROCK HUDSON, and as the "Ajax Lady" in the 1978 classic UP IN SMOKE.  JUNE told me that she put this hilarious scene together in 15 minutes and basically ad-libbed it.  She has also appeared opposite CLINT EASTWOOD and BEAU BRIDGES, amongst others.  She has starred in movies directed by such notables as ROGER VADIM and JACK NICHOLSON.

Besides HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO and PLAYBOY AFTER DARK   JUNE also appeared on several other television shows.  She appeared on "The Chaperone" episode of THE MONKEES TV show in 1966.  She has also been on THE DICK CAVETT SHOW (ABC), I SPY (NBC), and NEVER TOO YOUNG (CBS).  We have a video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-O5q6UYHLY )  of one of her PLAYBOY AFTER DARK appearances from March 1970.  JUNE is in the red dress dancing next to musical guest the GRASS ROOTS.

One of the perks of working as a GAZZARRI DANCER was that JUNE got to meet an enviable list of stars from the 60's music scene.  Every week of HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO presented new opportunities to meet the musical guests appearing on the show.  One of her favorite memories is of MICK JAGGER waving goodbye to her as the ROLLING STONES exited the KHJ-TV studios after their sole appearance on the show in 1965.  There are photos below of JUNE with GENE CLARK of the BYRDS and BARRY McGUIRE.  The photo with GENE was taken outside of the KHJ-TV studios after a 1965 appearance by the BYRDS on the show.  The photo with BARRY McGUIRE was taken at The Trip nightclub during a performance of "Eve of Destruction".  You also will find JUNE posing on KIM FOWLEY'S "Born To Be Wild" 1968 album cover.

JUNE had earned a very comfortable life for herself with a house on Laurel Canyon Drive in Hollywood Hills
before the house accidentally burned down.  Many of the photos here on her page are lucky survivors from that fire.  After some very tough years, which are well documented in the L.A. TIMES, JUNE got her life back on track.  Due to her 2015 passing we are uncertain as to the future publication of the autobiography that she was working on.  If it is published we will post a notice on this website on how to obtain a copy.

STOP PRESS: A biography of her is also currenty (2022) being written.



"Catch A Fallen Star", JUNE'S long awaited autobiography is now available for free at the following link:


http://www.barrsam.com/JuneFairchildBook/JuneFairchildBook.html

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GENE CLARK of the BYRDS and JUNE head out of the studio on January 29, 1966 after the taping of the final HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO show.

GENE would later marry a short-term GAZZARRI DANCER,  CARLIE McCUMMINGS.

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The cover of KIM FOWLEY'S 1968 album "Born To Be Wild" features JUNE posing in front of the motorcycle.  JUNE also appears on the cover of THREE DOG NIGHT'S  1974 album, "Hard Labor" , giving "birth" to their new vinyl record.  Directly behind JUNE is actress ALEXANDRA HAY.  She was a year younger than JUNE and had a similar career consisting of minor roles in mostly forgettable movies (except for GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER).  Her first credited role was on an episode of THE MONKEES, a group with whom JUNE was very familiar since she had also filmed an episode with them.  ALEXANDRA died at the young age of 46, and one has to wonder if she had been a year older whether she would have joined JUNE as a GAZZARRI DANCER ?

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JUNE also appears on the cover of Bobby Vee's 1969 album titled "Gates, Grills, & Railings".  You can see her in the background with her dog Ollie.  We have another photo of JUNE and Ollie further down on this page.

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A pensive looking JUNE in a 1964 photo taken at her home.

JUNE
was not in the original group of GAZZARRI DANCERS but came onboard in the spring of 1965 and was then on every episode until the final one in February 1966.


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The two photos, above and below, show JUNE posing in her parents' house and date from 1964.

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The next five photos, all recently (2021) acquired from the estate of Alfie Vann (DALE'S son), show an 18 year old JUNE about the time that she first became a GAZZARRI DANCER in the spring of 1965.  One photo shows both JUNE and DALE, the latter being just 17 at the time.  These photos were taken by Hollywood celebrity photographer Earl Leaf at his place in Los Angeles.

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Another portrait above of a very photogenic JUNE WILSON.  We have obtained the original of this photo and discovered it was taken on April 30, 1967. 

A little known fact about JUNE is that she is a direct descendant of famous inventor SAMUEL MORSE on her maternal side.   He was her great, great, great grandfather.   According to the 1940 census JUNE'S parents were both professional performers.  Her father was a pianist an her mother a singer.

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   Photos of JUNE taken during the KIM FOWLEY album cover photo shoot.

   The one below pictures JUNE with her beloved dog Ollie.


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The photo above is of JUNE and TOMMY BOYCE.  TOMMY was half of the famous recording and songwriting duo BOYCE & HART.  They were well known for their own hits and the numerous songs that they penned for the MONKEES.  And of course JUNE had a big role in the Monkees' movie HEAD.

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This photo shows JUNE at The Trip nightclub in L.A. dancing with BARRY McGUIRE while he is singing his classic hit "Eve of Destruction".


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The following eight photos are from JUNE'S portfolio and date from her movie years in the 1970s.

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                  JUNE'S  MOVIE  CAREER




                            FILMOGRAPHY  1967 - 1978
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   1967 
GUNN - uncredited 

   1968  WHERE ANGELS GO TROUBLE FOLLOWS - as June

   1968  HEAD - as "the jumper"

   1971  PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW - as Sonny Swangle

  
1971  SUMMERTREE - as girl in dorm

   1971  DRIVE, HE SAID - as Sylvie

   1972  TOP OF THE HEAP - as "balloon thrower"

   1973  DETROIT 9000 - as Barbara

   1973  YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP - as Sandi

   1974  THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT - as Gloria

   1974  DIRTY O'NEIL

  
1976  THE STUDENT BODY - as Mitzi

   
1978  SEXTETTE - as woman reporter

   1978  UP IN SMOKE - as the "Ajax Lady"



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                 LINKS TO SHORT CLIPS FROM JUNE'S MOVIES:
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June Fairchild scenes from Detroit 9000
http://youtu.be/q9_bcKtq9n8

June Fairchild scenes: Drive, He Said part 1
http://youtu.be/0XqouBS8LHM

June Fairchild scenes: Drive He said part 2
http://youtu.be/jJEyxI6CRP4

June and Jacqui bellydancing from movie Head
http://youtu.be/5EM4jkJ4o8c
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June from the Monkees TV show
http://youtu.be/_8Lsj__PH0c  
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    • These two photos, above and below, of JUNE were taken in 1967 at Paramount Studios.  JUNE had been signed by director BLAKE EDWARDS to a starring role in his movie GUNN.  It was to be her first movie role and BLAKE had delivered the huge teddy to calm the nervous starlet.  Fate intervened with JUNE having an on-set accident and she was replaced for the role by SHERRY JACKSON..

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Above: Still photo from the 1968 movie HEAD featuring the MONKEES. Left to right: JUNE FAIRCHILD, PETER TORK, DAVY JONES.

Below: Still photo from HEAD showing JUNE reaching out to PETER TORK.


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Above: JACQUI LANDRUM watches JUNE go through her belly-dancing motions in the MONKEES' movie HEAD.
Below: Another photo of JUNE from the movie.

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The above and below photos are from JUNE'S appearance in the 1974 movie DIRTY O'NEIL.


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The following four photos show the vivacious JUNE in the 1971 movie DRIVE, HE SAID.


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Above: This glamorous photo of JUNE is from the 1973 movie DETROIT 9000.

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       The photo above is from WHERE ANGELS GO TROUBLE FOLLOWS (1968)

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The photo above shows JUNE in a publicity shot distributed for the 1971 movie PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW. 


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JUNE was a busy actress in 1971 when she filmed three movies.  The photos above and below are from 1971's DRIVE HE SAID.  She was one of Hollywood's most in demand starlets between the late 60s and the late 70s when she was in over a dozen movies.

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  • The 1963 photo to the left shows JUNE as a junior at Aviation High School.  Below we see her in the 1963 Dancing Club (why does this not come as a surprise).  See if you can pick her out without consulting the guide.  And in the following year she was voted as the Queen of her Prom.  A photo of that regal moment is also shown below.










This is JUNE'S senior high school yearbook photo taken in 1964.  JUNE was apparantly involved in dance related activities throughout her high school years.  Less than a year after graduation she would be a GAZZARRI DANCER and showcasing her skills on national TV.

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**** some recent photos of JUNE from 2001 to 2014 ****
The above and below photos show JUNE at the LEGALLY BLONDE movie premier in 2001.

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          The lovely black and white photo above shows JUNE in 2002.

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JUNE in a 2009 photo.  Playing on the television in the background you can see JUNE dancing to a 1966 performance of "Elusive Butterfly" by BOB LIND on HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO.

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These photos, above and below, were taken on June 29, 2011 at JUNE'S high school reunion.   The one above shows her and fellow classmate and friend Gail Griebenow. 


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The photo above shows JUNE on April 17, 2013 at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles for the premier of the new Cheech and Chong feature titled "The Green Carpet".   The photo below shows JUNE in Los Angeles in the summer of 2014.

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At the 5:00 mark on the link below you can see JUNE making a brief November 4, 2011 cameo appearance at the historic King Eddy Saloon in downtown Los Angeles.

http://www.kcet.org/socal/food/freelunch/the-king-eddy-history.html


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          In 2002 JUNE appeared on GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
          The subject matter was her recovery from drug and alcohol abuse.
          You can find the GMA tape at the following link:
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joezhg5HHKk

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We will close out JUNE'S page with a childhood photo of her taken approximately in 1951 with her two brothers, Stewart and Jerry.

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